Acetylene-gas generator.



.n l We I, gen ofthe United States, residing at New Or# methylene-'gas generates; in .whichfthe es is! I same tiine-said`inecl1anisn1is l iiablefp"and,second 4lthe accompanying. dijavyings ,f i

acetylene-Gas Machin'efyhigt their y ,-n

Lonisianajhayeinvented a new and1 iisefnl y ingis aspefcifieation@4 made by Afeeding the'fcanbidfsothatf'fhe'ferce i'feqniited' haixijo like transverse v'protion 'ef tli'efranie 3, the right 1 end of the leve;l being cenn'ectedgas by means f of the chain'li, with "the .ilppeiiendcli-,the4 f vis'ing and falling`l gascnneter;I while' a eliain, as 17, is eonnected with the-oppositeend of fsaidleyeifandfal'so' with the transverseperi tion' eftliefraine 3; fthe ehanhanging downl f below 'theleyer and. passing partially ai-onnd to operate it" shall l canse a' miniinnin yaiia tion in'.A the pressurefeitlie lights A"andati the sectional `pla` vfiew 'ofcthesaineg the 'section y l f .Figis a sectional :detail o` 'the ,-hol'dei Vand "of bi'acketsyas 4:, suitably fastened pon the" ends sie i'eceive ilirold'ingandcheck nuts, as 5,' locatedfrespecti-yel y, 'at4 opposite sides ofv thej lower larmsof'th'e brackets 'and' by which verticalV adjustment fof saidj fra=ni e' ,nay be se-` cured. 1 1:4;-

f i l The tank 2 receives fthei'n'yerted lvesselsor i erator" and fthe otherservngas ya gasonieten to"re :eive thega's geneatedwithin 'there` ceptaele 6.1 l'Saidreceptacle fissnppoi'ted at its lower end by clips, as 8,siiitablysecured Withinxthe tank 2,' and is held against' up=` Ward displacementby a Ipiril'as 9,011 the left 5e leg cf the frame 3i. l ,l

,"vfidiedil forin @and inc losed in Emotie panticlaly describ'ed," and operatively connected witl1`. the gasemetei'` 'Z by suitable mechanism a one forni ofi jyliichwill new be set u mit @Swedes-willems of a n Alem; es

eibleconnection-l .from the branch o Whichis somewhatfbent atthe 11p-f per end thereef'andis unitedltothegcone 13. f The rod l!) is inelosedforl the inajorpart of` i *itsA length in the jacket, Closedattslowen `So right branch of said iodpalsses -thronghjthe "eratoi 6 and housed in' part by the ja'cktzQOx l A small pipe,fas 225y is tapped inte of other p wise connectedfto the j acket 20, neat` the bot.- s Atom thereof, the np'pei' 'end of said pipebeing below the level of v'tlie-Water in theLtankQ, so

that the pipe sei-vesto conduct cleanwatei"` intothe Vjacket, 20 and seals` zthey`tube`f2l* against the escape .of .gas't'rom fthe generatori `lhefall of earbidfrointhe hoppernto the r generator oi'msa gas, Whichfisffconveycd from thegenerator'by'a system of'pipeaas 23, 24,"andf25, the i'irst `and].ulast-1nen'tiloiied `pipes `being 4'vertically `disposed and being situatedin the generator andfgasonietei', -rei spectively, andthe upper open ends thereof" being located above the watenleveLf'llie upper end of the pipe covci'edby a Heat-fz"l l ing hood, as' 2G', whieh {weven-ts the ietui'nof from the gasometer to the generator when the cap 12 is taken offf charge the hopper 10'.

The gas iiows from*thegasometer'through the service-pipe 2 7, which .has a depending .branch 27', which is immersed in water in the drip-'receptacle 28; The pipe 24 has an anguiar extension 29, the right -downturned end of which is also immersed in such water.

A pipe, as 30, .passes thrcugh'the centernf thegasometer'and is heldin place by aspider` water-line the gas can escape to atmosphere ihroughsa-id -ppe 32, it-beingseenv that the pipe 30 .passesi'through the-tank 2'and its projecting 'end being upwardly disposed..

'The hopper -l0"is furnished with superi posed inclined bo.ttorns',as 33 and34, the lower and more acute ot .which is lbolted orl other- 'wise detach ably fastened' to the lower face of ,.the'upper one, as atif35. The lower bottom v receives a conical member, as 36, formed of some'hard durable metal and constituting a seat for thevf'eed-'controlling device 1 3. This conical rnernbercan beeasily slipped out of place,`and for-'this purp'oseit is of a cross.

sectional shape vagreeing with 'that ofv the lower bottom 33, its mouth or lower end being somewhatsmaller than that of the bot- The-fe enrlofrod 1- 9is of conical form andwhen' it, is'in 1 ts lowest or nermal position, as indicated, itcloses the hopper l0 against the es,-

capecf .carbid and when elevated permits the fail of carbid from the bottom 33. l A bam-as 37 extendsacross the hopper, near thetop thereof, and a cone, as 38, is flexibly.

. s uspended, ras by means of the chain 39, from q said bar, isfaidoon'e .-be'ing situated above the' "15 "'-with vthe"n froutlrio f'the bottoni' 34, while its -coneflandits aperbeing'substantially level i base rebel-Ow saiagmouth.

' :Asjth e"supp'ly `of gas in the gasometer is reduced the latter-rises, and as itdoes so the rod 19, through'the intermediatefconne'ctions, i:.;thrust-`.upwardly, causing the feed-control# ling-device or .c one 13 to move in a corre-I spending direction, and as it does so it strikes tiontakes place the mass -is :freely and lowsaownward and falls'from the ioorA thecone"o:S,'which serves as anfagitating de'- vice to agitate the carbid, and. as this operaloosened or bottom 33 into the water inzthereceptacle or generatr 6, and if an arch should be present the sam-e would be instantly destroyed by the action of the cone or feed-'agitating device 38'striking the same, the cone being always maintained in position to .be engagedy bythe cone 13, by reason of its, flexible suspension. '.As the `fleedconti-olli'ng' device is retracted thecone 3 8 at oncere'turns to its primary position. As the material, is breken v controlling device 13 theupper motions-,between thev feedcontrolling U-shaped red nclosed'in part by said jacket, .a tube in the jacket, projecting through the its inlet in said tank.

3. In air'acetyleneTgas generator, a tank, a

' containing hopper having a plurality cf su'l suspended cone in said so as up some of it moves laterally and enterswtiie space between' the bottoms ,-33 and,

,0n the bottom of the tank 2 may be agitated by a mixer consistingin the present case of a handle 41 and .blade 4,2, vligglted to the rod 8o 43, projecting inward from said handle, bent as shown vand turning in 'the bearing 44, secured within the tank 2. .The Vinvention may be modified -within the scope .of thev appendedclaims. v

Having described the invention, l claim@ 1. In an acetylene-gas generator, the combination-.of a tank, a generator anda gasoil@- ter in. 'communication with each other and both located in said tank, a carbid-hopper, a feed-eontrollingdevice for the hopper,a jacket in said generator, connections between' the feed-controlling device and the gasoineter in closed in'part by said jacket, a. tube in the jacketextending through thefgenerator and '95 also adapted to receive a part of said connections, and a pipe connected with said jacket and having .its inlet in said tank. 2; 'Inangacetylene-gas gener-atene tank, a generator and a gasometerin communication witheach otherand both located in said tank,

I 'ajcarbidghoppna feed-controlling device for the Lhepper, a-jacket in sai-dgenerato' coudevice and the gasoineter,inclnding a substantially generator andinclosing a art of said rod and a pipe connected with sai jacket and haring generator and a' gasoineter-inieommunication w1th. eachother and locatedV in' Said tank, a carbid-hopper, a feed-'controlingadevice for the hopper,.a jacket in the generateaever connected with the gasometer` a flexible/con nection lunited to the leverand framework respectively, a Uf'shape'd rod inclosed in para a' tube in the jacket to receive` a branch of said .rod and passing` through the.' 1 2'1 b'y said jacket,

generator,.a pulley connected to said rod and receiving said flexible connection, and means to convey wa'terinto said jacket. v

"4, In an acetylene-gas apparatus, a carbidperposed conical bottoms of decreasing Vobtuseness toward the lower one asconcal member inclosed by the lowferb'ottm, a flexiblypper, a second cone for operating the flexibly ii'spendedcone, and means, for actuatingsaid second cone.

'A ln an acetylene-gas apparatus, a carbidcontaining hopper having a plurality of superposcd conical` bottoms 'ofidecrecsin'ol tuseness toward the lower one, a. conical member inclosed by. .the lower bottom, a exiblysuspended cone in. said hopper, a second cone for operating the flexibly-suspended cone, n movable gasometer, a generator to which said hopper is connected and in communication with said gasometer, and operative connections between said second cone and the gasometer.

6. In an aeetyieue-gas apparatus, a hopper vhaving a plu raity of angnlarly-disposed and detaehabl y connected, superposed' bottoms, a,

`iso this specification in the conical reinforcing-piece in the lower bottoni,

come flexibly supported in said hoppek-a second cone arranged below and adapted to ing said second cone.

In witness whereof I- have signed my name A presence of two Subscribing witnesses. 'i

' ARTHUR YANCEY.

Witnesses: A

J. B. ABRAHAM,

CHARLES ROSEN. 

